After a dozen seasons in the NBA, Jalen Rose knows how to handle turmoil. So even though he didn’t play – Larry Brown’s decision – Wednesday night he tried to put the most professional spin possible on the situation yesterday.

“After being in this league for 12 years, I wouldn’t say surprised,” Rose said. “I’ve come to expect anything and everything. It wasn’t something I anticipated. I just have to be a pro and take it in stride.”

Wednesday, Rose said he assumed that Brown would explain his reasoning, but yesterday said Brown didn’t offer him an explanation.

When pressed on if he thought Brown should have said something to him yesterday, Rose just said, “No comment.”

Part of Brown’s explanation to the media as to why Rose did not play sounded a bit more like something you would hear from a pee-wee coach than an NBA coach.

Qyntel Woods is from Memphis, Brown said, so he got to play over Rose. The rest of Brown’s reasoning made more sense, though.

“Yeah, I wanted to go with the other people,” Brown said. “And we were in Memphis, and Qyntel is from Memphis. And then we went small a lot, so we thought that was the best thing.”

Brown said he could see Rose not playing again. Rose knows it is possible as he noted that 15 of his 16 DNPs in the NBA came under Brown. The previous 14 were in Indiana.

“Nobody in the league is going to lose sleep because Jalen Rose didn’t play,” Rose said.

Even though Rose, 33, is making $15.7 million, his benching can’t be easy for him to take considering his strong resume that began at Michigan with the Fab Five.

“I have been a productive player,” Rose said. “Obviously, every player wants to do what they can to help the team win. I’m not different. That’s why it says at the end – coach’s decision.”